Community 54 has T-shirts (Image: Fraser Abe)
The place: On Queen West, right beside Wrongbar and across from the never-without-a-lineup Grand Electric, this menswear import from New York City’s Lower East Side specializes in nostalgia in all forms. From the iPod dock that looks like a giant boom box to the old-school video games (no Golden Tee here, just consoles that remind you of your misspent youth in arcades) and the wall of snap-back hats, virtually every item in the store hearkens back to the days of Dance Mix and your first Ace of Base tape.
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Yesterday, Shawn Hewson of Bustle announced that the brand would be hosting its first ever pop-up shop, but there’s a catch: it is a very limited engagement of four days (a true pop-up shop; can it be real?). Evidently, you get 20 per cent off if you use a Mastercard, but the real value of this temporary boutique is being able to actually find Bustle clothing, because it is scarcely found anywhere in Toronto (as of now, consumers can purchase a few pieces at Jacflash, GotStyle and Anti-Hero, and the whole collection is at the by-appointment-only Bustle showroom). Now that the collection can be stockpiled conveniently at 162 Cumberland Street, there’s really no excuse for a Toronto boy wishing he was in Cape Cod (or in the movie Wall Street) to feel naked this holiday season.
Mr. Porter, the new on-line luxury menswear store from the people behind Net-a-Porter, launches to the general public today. The site’s goal seems to be to serve as a cross between a style advisor and store: it offers a gratis personal shopping service (by phone or e-mail), and its weekly journal nudges readers toward purchasing items from its substantial catalogue. Expect big names like Burberry Prorsum
Last Friday, Queen West menswear shop Nomad became the latest Toronto-based menswear store to launch an 
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